[DeTomaso] Batteries & Modules

[Thomas Tornblom]

Are you connecting the charger with the correct polarity? If you connect 
it wrong, the diodes in the alternator will cause it to short.

Disconnect the battery from the car and verify polarity. Then start out 
on 2A for a few hours.

Someone (not me) had left the key in ACC on an old G20 I had, which left 
the fan running on low. He called me and said the charger would trip 
when they connected it. I suspected a bad alternator and told him to 
disconnect the battery from the car, and he verified that it would then 
charge properly.

They disconnected the alt and tried to start the car after the battery 
had charged fully, and it turned over good, but would not start.

I brought a new alt and ignition module, and when I checked it out, they 
had connected the charger the wrong way, so the battery was charged the 
wrong way.

In order to switch it back, I turned on everything I could to drain the 
battery again, and when it was flat I connected the charger correctly, 
but had to run it on the 6V setting for a while, otherwise the charger 
would trip. The battery charged correctly, and I could then connect the 
alt again. I had to replace the HEI ignition module, but that was the 
only thing that was broken.

The battery worked fine for years, until I eventually sold the car.

Good luck,
Thomas

2013-07-02 03:16, Richard Greenblum skrev:
> Someone helping me with my car left the ignition in the "run" position on Sunday afternoon--I just discovered it a few minutes ago. The battery is obviously dead. I connected my charger to it. It doesn't matter what I set it on (2, 10, or 50 amps), the needle maxes out.  On anything other than 2 amps, the charger resets and quits.  I'm guessing the batt (a less than one year old Optima Red Top) is trash.
>
> I'm also wondering if it could have fried the Mallory HiFire (spelling?) box.
>
> I remember comments on 2 batts in series to bring them back, or something like that. If that's the case, this one's going in the trash...
>
> Thanks.
>
> Richard
> Austin, US F1, Texas
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Jul 1, 2013, at 18:39, "michael at michaelshortt.com" <michaelsavga at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I use Autolite AR25
>>
>> Michael Shortt
>> On Jul 1, 2013 7:32 PM, "Boyd Casey" <boyd411 at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>> Thanks ,
>>> Boyd
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